Three Craft/Material Studies students examined the untamedness of true human nature.
ANIMAL INSTINCTS was a group exhibition of three students from the Craft/Material Studies Department: Kristiana Curran, Tzvia Feldman, and Gracie Sager, on view January 16th – February 21st, 2026.
Exhibition Statement:
ANIMAL INSTINCTS is a group exhibition by Craft/Material Studies majors Kristiana Curran, Tzvia Feldman, and Gracie Sager that examines the untamedness of true human nature. We pose a series of questions to the viewer about our wildness and estrangement from it, the natural relationships between ourselves and our craft, and the suppression of feeling present and listening to our instincts in the name of transhumanism. ANIMAL INSTINCTS is the amalgamation of many late-night discussions between three queer animals, as well as a growing nihilism with the coldness of an increasingly transactional age. The three artists use ceramics, metal, painting, fiber, poetry, glass, and mixed media to curate a space that invites you to ask questions and get in touch with your animal instincts.
-Kristiana Curran, Tzvia Feldman, & Gracie Sager